Russia: talks taking place on including Aleppo in Syria's "regime of calm"

May 1, 2016 12:12 PM

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MOSCOW Russia said on Sunday that talks are taking place to include Syria's Aleppo province in the temporary "regime of calm" lull in fighting, Russian agencies cited a senior Defence Ministry official as saying.

"At present, there is an active negotiation process taking place to establish a regime of calm also in Aleppo province," Interfax news agency cited General Sergei Kuralenko, in charge of Russia's ceasefire monitoring centre in Syria, as saying.